Maybe the real question here is the
: following: If a lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia can assemble this
: information with a little bit of efffort, why doesn't the
: esteemed auction house look into the history of the pieces that
: it is selling? Perhaps, in this instance, the more information
: you assemble, the lower the value of the watch? Or as they say
: in the U.S. Army, "don't ask, don't tell".

: Jeff

I think the relevant phrase is rather, "don't ask, don't want to know".